Improvement in knife foe gutting geeen ooen feom the cob



WASHINGTON L. GILRO'Y, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 82,306, dated September 22, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNIFE POR CUTTING GREEN CORN PROM THE GQB.

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TO ALL WHOM-IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON L. GILROY, of the city of Philadelphia,in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Green-CornKnife for table-use; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhichv Figures 1 and 2 are respective side views of the two sides of theimplement, and` Figure 3 a transverse section of the same,

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It is well lknown that the hulls or skins of the grains of green cornare very indigestible in weak stomachs, and often cause seriousderangements of the bowels, and for this reason many persons are obligedto deny to themselves and their children the pleasure of eating thisdelightful food. A ready means of separating the pulp of the grains fromthe said hulls or skins, immediately after the ears of corn are takenfrom the boiler, or brought warm to the table, is therefore verydesirable.

The object of my invention is to remedy this objection, by providing asimple table-implement, whereby the pulp of the grains of an ear ofgreen corn can, with facility and rapidity, be separated from the hullsor skins, and leave the latter adhering to the cob. I

To enable others to understand, make, and use my said invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and mode of operation. I

I make a knife-blade, A, of steel, German silver, or any other suitablemetal, and fix transversely across one of its edges a series of thincircular plates, a a', having cutting-edges, substantially asrepresented in the drawings. To one side of this blade A, I fix acylindrical springy bar, B, by fastening its two ends, b' b', near tothe respective ends of that edge of the blade A which has the series ofcutters a projecting therefrom, and so that the intermediate portion,b", of the said bar B, will set o half an inch, more or less, alongsideof or parallel to the blade A, as represented in gs. 2 and 3. I thenfasten the blade to a suitable handle, C, substantially as representedin figs. 1 and 2. i

The manner of using, and the mode of its operation, will be apparent byreferring to iig. 3, which represents transverse sections of theimplement, and the grains of an ear of corn, as when the implement isapplied and operated upon the ear, for removing the pulp from the saidgrains of the cob.

The earl of corn being held either in an inclined or vertical position,with its Vlower end resting upon aplate or any other suitable support,the operator takes the implement by its handle, C, into the other hand,and places it across the upper portion of the ear of corn, with theadjacent cutters a and the bar B in contact with the ear, the cuttersbeing in advance or below thel bar, as represented in fig. 3, andrapidly forces the adjacent cutters through the crowns of theencountered grains, so as to divide their hulls or skins, and at thesame time pressing the bar B iirmly against the ear, and thus forcingthe pulp of the grains out from the hulls or skins, and leaving thelatter adhering to the cob. The bar B being cylindrical, and somewhatspringy, and yielding to moderate pressure, forces out the pulp withouttearing out the hulls.

If preferred, thc operator can rst pass the cutters through the grains,and afterward force out the pulp by means of the bar B; but both effectscan be easily accomplished at once, because the operation is verysimple, and requires but little strength or skill to be entirelyeffective for both purposes.

The cutters a may be set in and soldered fast to the blade A, or theblade itself may be readily notched out, and the then interveningprojections rounded o and sharpened-at their edges, and then twistedaround, so

as to be at right angles, respectively, to the sides of the blade.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is conned to the following, viz

1. A green-corn knife for table-use, having a blade, A, provided with aseries of transverse cutting-edges, a a', substantially as described.

2. In combination with a blade, A, and cutters a"a', arranged asdescribed, I claim the bar B, arranged to operate substantially as andfor the purpose described.

WASHN L. GILROY.

Witnesses:

BENJ. Mcnrson, WM. H. MoRIsoN.

